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Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W1/136

Date: 18 January 1672

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Account of the work of Ignatius Pardies which is divided into six treatises concerning the theory of motion, statics, accelerated and decelerated motion, descent of fluids, vibrations of pendulums, theory of waves

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EL/W1/136
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18 January 1672
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 18 January 1672, EL/W1/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_136/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 05 October 2024

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